Image Capture for RAW page 1Faced with the need to process a RAW file into something more amenable to manipulation, the photographer is confronted with a number of options, all vying for the pound in their po... more>>

Colour Adjustment - Part 1 page 1One of the most potent features of digital imaging is the ability to colour correct before output. This strength comes from two quarters, the ability to measure within the image an... more>>

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Colour Adjustment - Part 2 page 1Numbers are a key part of digital manipulation. No two people would be able to mix a turquoise in separate rooms and come up with the same colour. However, if they were told... more>>

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Colour Adjustment - Part 3 page 1Numbers are a key part of digital manipulation. No two people would be able to mix a turquoise in separate rooms and come up with the same colour. However, if they were told... more>>

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Colour Adjustment - Part 5 page 1In our continuing series on colour correction we look at the problems associated with correction of real images, in which the adjustments have to be tuned to the known characterist... more>>

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Colour Adjustment - Part 6 page 1Tucked away in the top right corner of the colour picker in Photoshop are some radio buttons marked L, a, and b. These belong to a colour mode known as Lab and are often the last s... more>>

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Colour Adjustment - Part 7 page 1Few problems cause as much grief in the press industry and those of us who feed into it as proofing. In some part at least, money is the source of all the evils here. A mismatch be... more>>

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X-Rite ColorChecker Passport page 1Do not attempt color calibration unless you are willing and able to invest the time and effort to do it right. Without the effort, you are more likely to screw it up than fix anyth... more>>

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Colour Correction page 1One thing has not changed - human perception. This has remained essentially the same for millions of years and remains fascinating to the world at large - Google for color percepti... more>>

Digi weddings - what next page 1Digital imaging has come steaming in and taken over from the tried and trusted method of film. In a recent straw poll of SWPP members, it was apparent that 76% shot their weddings ... more>>

Disaster Avoidance page 1The feeling of total despair when you realise that you are dealing with a corrupt data device is one not easily forgotten and the cost, inconvenience, aggravation and damage to bus... more>>

The Mystery of Lab Colour page 1Colour has to be shown in a three-dimensional graph so that the colour and lightness may be depicted. However, to simplify things the Lab plot is frequently shown in just two dimen... more>>

Pen Tool for Beginners page 1This is a feature inspired by Lucy Bretnall one of the Priestley College, graphics design students (who are featured earlier in the magazine). Lucy is a fan of vector graphics and ... more>>

The Times They are a changin' page 1We are constantly bombarded with discussions on the relative merits of film versus digital and vice versa. This debate has been ongoing since the arrival of the Sony Mavica... more>>